Antigonish (House of Commons of Canada)

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Antigonish was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that sent representatives to the House of Commons from Confederation until its eventual redistribution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal electoral district
abolishedIn 1914
category Constituencies disestablished in 1914
Constituencies established in 1867
Former federal electoral districts of Nova Scotia
country Canada
createdBy British North America Act, 1867 NERFINISHED
createdFor Canadian Confederation NERFINISHED
endDate 1914
federalStatus defunct
firstFederalElection 1867 Canadian federal election NERFINISHED
hasElectoralSystem first-past-the-post
hasRepresentationType single-member district
lastFederalElection 1911 Canadian federal election NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED
locatedIn Nova Scotia
predecessor none (created at Confederation)
province Nova Scotia NERFINISHED
redistributedInto Antigonish—Guysborough (House of Commons of Canada) NERFINISHED
representedArea County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia NERFINISHED
representedIn House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED
representedLevel federal
representedMunicipality Antigonish, Nova Scotia NERFINISHED
startDate 1867
successor Antigonish—Guysborough (House of Commons of Canada) NERFINISHED

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Sir John Thompson (4th Prime Minister of Canada) representedRiding Antigonish (House of Commons of Canada)
subject surface form: Sir John Thompson